Rhode Island Reds Prove Profitable Florida Climate
In Florida, Mary Finny Urmston explains Rhode Island Reds outperform other breeds, yielding high egg income with low meat feeding. She notes costs, ventilation, vermin control, and a pig to deter snakes, while detailing yearly egg counts and labor differences between Florida and Massachusetts. The narrator reflects on potential eight dollar per head profits with more work.
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Rhode Island
Florida
Rhode Islanders
Massachusetts
Finke Wure Abe
Plortila
Herkshire
Beibe
Senator Bates Penrose Recounts Bear Tale at Philadelphia Dinner
At a Philadelphia club dinner Senator Bates Penrose lampooned a reform movement. He recalled Jack Travers of Pike county and a comical bear story from his younger days about Sukey the cow and a late night milking gone awry. The tale ends with Penrose discovering he had milked a big she-bear by mistake.
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Bates Penrose
Philadelphia
Jack Travers
Pike County
Jack
Porter's Lake
Sukey
Classified Columns Prove Man’s Wants Are Numerous
A playful exchange contrasts romantic longing with modern newspaper columns. The punch line notes the doughnut joke about its hole matching the eater’s mood, reflecting humorous newspaper banter about wants and comforts.
Cure for skin trouble and wedding tale in one page
An advertisement extols Cuticura remedies claiming a 25 year skin complaint cured after trials with doctors and hospital care, with testimonials from S. P. Keyes of Boston and Wm. J. Badher of Philadelphia. A clergyman and his son joke about marriage and living with multiple wives after a wedding scene.
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Cutiura
P. Keyes
Congress St
Boston
Masa
Mamoia
Foot Bath Claim Promises Quick Relief for Feet
Readers are urged to take a foot bath at night to relieve weariness swelling and odors. The ad promotes Allen's Foot Tobe and Foot-Ease products claiming instant relief from tense feet and nightly discomfort with a suggestion to request free samples from Allen & Olinate in New York.
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Allen
Ineji Torte
Addree Allen
Olinate Lekwoy
N.Y
Fragmented Confrontation Over Names and Proposals
The passage presents a fragmented exchange between a first summer girl and a son, with boasts about engagements to men whose names are unknown and a tangential remark about an engagement to a Biranger whose proposition wagged from a passing source.
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Mer Gil
Fragmented Ad Copy Offers Health Package
An incomplete advertisement promotes a health product described as a large 2 oz package. It includes a quotation attributed to George Bernard Shaw about health and happiness, but the surrounding context and pricing are unclear.
Prune and Strawberry Near Neck and Neck Stage
A fragment mentions prune and strawberry in a close contest stage with garbled lines about a genius and borrowing ideas. The readable parts hint at a race or competition but lack clear entities or event context.
Canada Land Boom Prompts Homesteading Push and Rail Access
The article urges readers to plan a Canada land purchase for homesteading as corn and wheat harvests proceed. It highlights rising land prices, immigration surges from the United States and abroad, strong wheat yields, and railroads like Grand Trunk Pacific Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern expanding access. It notes government agents are available in many states to assist with planning and information.
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Canada
Opeb
Central
Canna
United States
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
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Dean
Ce Mra
M. A. Gambini
Russellville
Ark
Doan
All Denlera
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Dhe
Mr. Shooter
She-Bear
Cuticura
Wm. J. Badlier
Susquehanna Ave
Philadelpha
G. Ternard Shaw
Chaice
Waite Teoes
Angus Bunght Us
Live Stock Com
Manassa City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Neb
Castor
Lilla
Centaun Company
Beckubens
Castoria
Bears
USA
Via
New York Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
New York
New England
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Hudson
Warren 3. Lynch
Chicago
New Carbide Warehouse
American Carbolite Sales Company
Duluth
Minnesota
Wichita
Kansas
North Main St
Floapt Qoura
SMITH
Mtr
South Topeka Ave
Kaneas
Daisy Fly
Traypeti
Yor
P.O. B
Ranehouse
Regent ci
Emanete
Ake World
W. N. Uy
Criziy, Gray
Haire
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